Title: Libor model with expiry-wise stochastic volatility and displacement

Authors: Marcel Ladkau; John Schoenmakers; Jianing Zhang

Addresses: Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Mohrenstr. 39, 10117 Berlin, Germany ' Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Mohrenstr. 39, 10117 Berlin, Germany ' Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Mohrenstr. 39, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Abstract: We develop a multi-factor stochastic volatility Libor model with displacement, where each individual forward Libor is driven by its own square-root stochastic volatility process. The main advantage of this approach is that, maturity-wise, each square-root process can be calibrated to the corresponding cap(let)vola-strike panel at the market. However, since even after freezing the Libors in the drift of this model, the Libor dynamics are not affine, new affine approximations have to be developed in order to obtain Fourier-based (approximate) pricing procedures for caps and swaptions. As a result, we end up with a Libor modelling package that allows for efficient calibration to a complete system of cap/swaption market quotes that performs well even in crises times, where structural breaks in vola-strike-maturity panels are typically observed.

Keywords: displaced Libor models; calibration; cap-strike-maturity matrix; stochastic volatility; swaption pricing; displacement; affine approximations; caps; swaptions; Libor modelling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPAM.2013.054401

International Journal of Portfolio Analysis and Management, 2013 Vol.1 No.3, pp.224 - 249

Received: 12 Apr 2012
Accepted: 10 Jul 2012

Published online: 05 Jul 2014 *

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